What kind of residence is Hakka camp?

Hakkas live in remote mountainous areas. In order to prevent thieves, wild animals and locals from crowding out, they built camp-style houses.

There is only one door, which is closed at night and easy to defend. Bedroom, kitchen, hall, well, pigsty, henhouse, toilet, warehouse and other living facilities are all available in a closed house. Organically combine the practical structure with the aesthetic function of decoration.

Camp-style residential buildings, the soil is mixed with lime, glutinous rice and egg white are used as adhesives, bamboo chips and wooden strips are used as bones and muscles, and the paddock with wall thickness 1 m and height 15 m is rammed.

Extended data:

The architectural structure of Hakka enclosed houses;

There are three forms:

1, brick-concrete structure.

2, special adobe structure:

Lime is mixed into the soil, glutinous rice and egg white are used as thickeners, bamboo chips and wood strips are used as bones and muscles, and the earth building with wall thickness 1 m and height 15 m is rammed.

3. Granite slab structure:

Such as Longguangwei, Longnan, Jiangxi.

Ordinary pens cover an area of 8 mu, 10 mu, and large pens cover an area of more than 30 mu. It often takes five years, ten years or even longer to build a complete enclosure house.

Longwei is a huge fortress of Hakkas. There are many bedrooms, kitchens, large and small halls and living facilities such as wells, pigsty, henhouse, toilet and warehouse. In the house, form a self-sufficient and happy social group.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Hakka Dwellings